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The Moda-ML and TexSpin Experiences:
Results and Ways Forwards
Last update October 26th 2003
Piero De Sabbata – [email protected]
(Coordinator of the IST project MODA-ML andchairman of the CEN/ISSS TexSpin Workshop)
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Summary
1. Do we need standardisation initiatives?
2. What is The MODA-ML approach?
3. What is TexSpin?
4. Is TexSpin trustworthy?
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1. Do we need standardisation initiatives?
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The view of the sector
Logistics
Networksdistribution
Trade
Clothing
Check
Fabrics
Subcontractors clothing
Subcontractors fabrics
Accessories
R.M.
Yarns
1 - Competitiveness depends upon performance of the whole supply chain
2 - Textile-Clothing chain is complex and etherogeneus (structural presence of SMEs)
3 - Flexibility and timeliness are decisive: responsivity of the chain must be improved
4 - SMEs are necessary: add high specialisation and productive flexibility to the system
5 - Flow of data are hampered by the the inter-company interfaces
1 - Competitiveness depends upon performance of the whole supply chain
2 - Textile-Clothing chain is complex and etherogeneus (structural presence of SMEs)
3 - Flexibility and timeliness are decisive: responsivity of the chain must be improved
4 - SMEs are necessary: add high specialisation and productive flexibility to the system
5 - Flow of data are hampered by the the inter-company interfaces
Large presence of SEs
Large presence of SMEs
downstream upstream Large presence of MEs
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Role of SMEs in the T/C(SME: Small and Medium Enterprises)
• Relationships in the supply chain involving SMEs: – network pattern (not hub-spoke: many customers, many suppliers) – fabric suppliers and subcontractors (often) have higher specific know-
how than the assigners– subcontracting (“terzismo”) – competition and delocalisation of activities (extra EU)
• Traditional local clusterisation (Industrial districts) is going virtual
• Absence of oligopoly (nobody can impose a solution)
• Low tech skills, ICT innovation driven by their ICT consultant or suppliers (SMEs in turn) risk of exclusion!
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Expected benefits from data flow automation
• Data of the purchase orders are available on digital systems without manual inputing
• Fabric supplier receives collection booking note from the clothing manufacturers and can improve its planning
• Clothing manufacturer receives the order status report and a digital defect map from the fabric supplier
• Sell-out data flow back along the supply chainThen
• Reduction of costs and error per transaction • Better services to the customers• More information available for planning
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Requirements
• Interoperability requires public, free, common languages and interfaces (standards)
• SMEs requireeasy to use, free, modules to enhance their independent legacy systems (XML and related standards and tools)
• Intercompany relationships aremany to many relationships and un-rulable by a single firm (consensus is needed)
• Confidentiality requiresarchitectures without commercial data on third party databases (peer-to-peer as well as ASP models)
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complexpartnershipprocesses
visibility onpartner’s
data
basicdocumentexchange
Distributed ERPapplications
1 : few
Web-basedEDI services
1 : many
Peer-to-peer XML/EDI
many : many
Integrationlevel
betweenPartners
Number of Partners
E-business view (B2B)
TEXSPIN AREA
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XML/EDI approach:
Textilemanufacturer
Fabric trade fair
DESPATCH REQUEST
DESPATCH ADVICE
Clothingmanufacturer
PURCHASE ORDER
ORDER RESPONSE
Intercompanyy collaboration based on exchanges of messages.
A different template of message for each different transaction.
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Using XML and XSL
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="taor02B.xsl"?>
<fabricOrder tipOrd=“standard"> <header>
<msgNumber>AB001</msgNumber ><msgData>20010726</msgData><reference>
<order>AA047</order > <ourRif>fax-12-7-2001</ourRif></reference><supplier> <id>IT12345678901</id> <company>Textil Rossi</company> <street>via verdi 13</street > <town>Tessutopoli</town> <country>IT</ country > <zip>11111</zip></supplier>
…
XML viewed in ausual Browser with the help of a style sheet XSL
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Trade
?
What is happening?
ASP
ASP
Trade Trade
Trade
ASP
Prato 1
T
T
T
ASP
Prato 2
T
T
TC
Trade
Como
T
Trade
Trade T
T
T
C
C
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ASP
Trade
Trade
?
Trade
Trade
Many models, many communities, but at the end, they must inter-operate
Enterprises Networking
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We need standards
• B2B is performed by means of
– Closed communities • (i.e. marketplaces, technology supplier driven)
– Hub-spoke models around a large scale enterprise • (extension of the Company Information System; a sort of colonisation)
– Direct peer-to-peer • (self managed; is cost effective only using a common standard)
• Risk of exclusion of SMEs (lack of resources and skills)
• Request for technologies to keep together ERPs and small systems!
• A common standard is required to join many communities and many single enterprises
• A standard requires formal specifications and a real consensus
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Costs of proprietary choices
• Ad hoc interfaces development and maintenance cost
• Lack of shared and consolidated software and tools
• High cost for new partners to join
or…
?
ASP
Trade
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The role of a B2B standardservice to co-operation processes
Agreement on the sequence of exchange(process)
Single firm Group of firmsTEXSPIN (MODA-ML, eTeXML)
Creation and use of data
1 - Definition of a set of type of XML documents and related dictionary of terms
2 - Definition of a transport protocol and development of demo software
3- Creation of awareness and consensus
1 - Definition of a set of type of XML documents and related dictionary of terms
2 - Definition of a transport protocol and development of demo software
3- Creation of awareness and consensus
Data representation:List of document templates + user guides
Transport protocols
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2. The approach of MODA-ML
(www.moda-ml.org)
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Introduction to Moda-ML
• Corneliani• Loro Piana• Piacenza• Successori Reda• Vitale Barberis Canonico
• ENEA (coordination)• Domina • Politecnico di Milano• Progema Gruppo SOI• IFTH (France)
- European project in the IST framework• Take-Up Actions, programm IST, Action Line IV.2.5 “Computing, communications and networks take-up measures”• Clustered in EUTIST-AMI (Middleware and Agents technology), www.eutist-ami.org
- Industrial Partners
Kick-off: July 2001End: April 2003
- Scheduling
- Technological Partners
- External Partnership: Sistema Moda Italia, FTI, UNIV. Bologna and Lecce
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The results of MODA-ML
To exchange data with XML documents and public Internet protocols
• 1 - Modellisation of collaborative processes
• 2 - A set of types of XML documents described with XML Schema, User Guides, Dictionary of terms
by means of: Document Factory Tools and Methods
• 3 - A Software based on the transport specifications of ebXML to send, receive, monitor and validate the data exchange
• 4 - Participate the creation of an European Standard
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Results 1: process Fabric supplying
Fabric choice
FABRIC SUPPLIERCLOTHING
MANUFACTURER
Textile Technical sheet
(production) Advance Notice
Advance Notice
Textile Catalogue
FABRIC SUPPLIERCLOTHING
MANUFACTURER
Textile Purchase order
Order response
Order change
Order status report
Fabric purchase
FABRIC SUPPLIERCLOTHING
MANUFACTURER
(ready to) Despatch advice
Despatch request
Despatch advice
Defects map
Fabric dispatch
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YARN FABRIC CLOTHING
wool
cottonflax
silk,others
Subcontr.
Subcontr.
Subcontr.
Subcontr
Applicative Scenario
present
potential
Resume
Quality Chk
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Results/2: List of documents
Textile Catalogue The (price) list of products offered for sale TextileClothing
Fabric Technical Sheet The technical characteristics and properties of the fabric article TextileClothing
Textile Advance Notice The anticipation of articles included in the Clothing Manufacturer's collection and of foreseen volumes of production that clothing manufacturers will request (no details on colours and variants)
TextileClothing
Textile purchase order The order placed by the Clothing Manufacturer TextileClothing
Textile Order response The response provided by the Fabric Supplier TextileClothing
Textile Order change The order change initiated by the Clothing Manufacturer TextileClothing
Textile Order status report
The status of the fabric order reported by the Supplier TextileClothing
Textile Dispatch request
The request/scheduling of the dispatch of parcels made by the Clothing Manufacturer
TextileClothing
Textile Dispatch advice The anticipation of the dispatch of the parcels by the Supplier TextileClothing
Textile Quality Report The report of the defaults and other non-conformities of the goods, as provided by the Supplier or by an independent Quality Controller
TextileClothing
Invoice Invoice for the supplied material TextileClothing
Textile darn order The specifications of the darning operation required for each piece; includes allowed worktime, position and type of faults; it could contain or refer to a despatch advice
Textile Darning
Textile darn return The returning information about the darning operations; include the worktime spent, the position and type of faults and the associated information about the position, the initial status, the worktime and the final status
Textile Darning
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Results /3:Document factory architecture
DICTIONARY
Modelling and analysis
Families of XML documents with shared and resuable elementsCategorised Views
For Maintenance, comparison and mapping with other framework
SCHEMA
GUIDE User
MSH,Parser
Browser, MSH
XSL
Structure (syntax)Representation (format)Mark up (semantic)MultilanguageProcess (model)Classification
XML
XMLXML
XML
XML
XML
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Guides and dictionary
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DOCUMENTs FACTORY results
(thanks to the features of the dictionary)
Principia and Tools to create/maintain families of XML documents
- Dictionary of terms (simple or complex) shared between docs
- Automatic support to Guidelines creation and management
- Automatic support to Schema creation and management
- Reference to the ebXML process of vocabulary building
Creation of many specific documents to fit and strictly validate different data exchanges
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Results/4: Message Service (MSH) (peer-to-peer approach)
Company
information system
XML MSH MSH
Browser
Company information system
FAX (*)
E-Mail client
ValidationXML Schema
LOG
Collaboration ProtocolAgreement (ebxml) (*)
Company A (sender)
(*) optional
(ebxml)
Company B
M
A
P
P
I
N
G
internet
Digital certificate(*)
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Message Service Handler 1.1.8
– Generalised 'manager' of ebXML messages (message independent) via eMail server
– Manual/automatic loop; the FAX paradigm to send/receive;
– Check messages with XML Schema (mandatory)
– Handles Acknowledgements and Errors; uses SOAP and SMTP or SMTP;
– Log of messages (ODBC data base), view through XSL, electronic signature
– Transmission configuration via ebXML CPA
– FAX channel,
– Connection with MCM via TCP-IPsocket
MSHXMLebXMLenvelope
Internet
SMTP envelope
SOAP/MIME envelope
MIME header
MIME payload
CIS
(MODA-ML document to be exchanged)
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Security• Signatures are compliant with W3C’s XML Signature standard.
• Signing algorithm (RSA) and certificate encoding (X.509) satisfy European laws on digital signatures.
• In the near future it will be supported cryptography and S/MIME signatures, in order to provide different security levels that address companies’ security and flexibility needs.
XML Message
RSA
Company A (sender)
Signed XML Message
Sender’s certificate
MSH
Signed XML Message
Sender’s certificate
Company B (receiver)
Check certificate and document integrity
Sender digital certificate+ private key
XML Message
Signed document
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• 80% cost per operation• 40.000 €/year SW maintenance (*)
• Savings:
• Royalty free• Easy deployment
• Easy setup/use:
• Status of order/Despatc advice• Defect map• Collection forecast
• New services:
• No architectural constraints • One day per document (only with
workflow support and XML Mapper)
• System Integration:
(*) calculated on a middle Fabric Manufacturer
Industrial benefits
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3. The TexSpin initiative
TEXSPIN (www.cenorm.be/isss, www.atc.gr/texspin)
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The TexSpin initiative• TEXSPIN is a CEN/ISSS Workshop (www.cenorm.be/isss), funded by CEN/ISSS
(European Committee for Normalisation/Information Society Standardisation System)
• A sectorial standardisation initiative aiming to provide a framework for the (B2B) integration of the european Textile/Clothing/Distribution chain
• Starting point was EDITEX (EDIFACT)
• Technological objective has been to establish a pre-normative -low cost but scalable- platform for the B2B exchanges in the T/C sector based on XML and Internet technologies
Co-ordinated by EURATEX (European Apparel and Textile Organisation)
Partners: Euratex, ATC (GR), IFTH (F), NYC(F), ENEA(I)
Discussion: Three public plenary sessions with about 150 participants
Final Results: June 2003; Final CWA published in autumn 2003
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TexSpin activities
• TEXSPIN started from two experiences:• eTeXML (focused in France on link manufacturing - retailing)• MODA-ML (focused in Italy on manufacturing integration)
• TEXSPIN managed public discussion via CEN/ISSS WS
(and since the beginning about 200 firms have been directly contacted; web sites; many magazines and newspaper articles)
• Future planned actions: awareness actions and pilots with technology providers as well as industry
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TexSpin results
• Set of 19 templates of XML messages:– Retailer- Clothing manufacturers (5)– Fabric manufacturer – Clothing manufacturer (12)– Fabric manufacturer – (Fabric) Subcontractors (2)– Others in the future… (yarn supplying, clothing subcontractors…)
• Experienced two models of exchanges:– A Web Service application to receive/send XML docs and convert
them to EDIFACT messages (+ human interface; www.nyc.fr/texspin ); downstream with eTeXML
– Direct peer-to-peer without third party services, based on free SW module (MSH) compliant with ebXML transport specifications (including e-signature); upstream with MODA-ML
• New EDITEX/EANCOM compatible EDIFACT messages
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Standardisation scenario
• TC Sectorial initiatives: eTeXML, MODA-ML• Horizontal frameworks: ebXML, EAN-UCC, ...
Retail organisation Clothing Fabrics
MODA-ML eTeXML
ebXMLEAN-UCC
Tex-SPIN
The DOWNSTREAM priorities are• efficiency of data exchange• normalisation of product description• compact messages and universal coding
The DOWNSTREAM priorities are• efficiency of data exchange• normalisation of product description• compact messages and universal coding
The UPSTREAM priorities are• efficacy and richness of data• flexibility of product description
The UPSTREAM priorities are• efficacy and richness of data• flexibility of product description
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Scenarios of data exchange
2
1) Bilateral exchange of XML docs (through a message transport protocol)
2) Third party services interface small partners (for example retailers)
Company Inf. Syst,
Third party services
Messages with XML docs Company Inf. Syst,
1
TradeTradeTrade
WEB interaction
XMLAny other company
XML
XMLXML
ebXML Transport interface
Only a Browser
Off-Line
office
XML
XML
Small subcontractors
3
ebXML Transport interface
Web, Mobile, email, ...
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Upstream pilot
MODA-ML, direct peer-to-peer exchanges
www.moda-ml.org
fabric suppliers / clothing manufacturers
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Downstream pilot
ETEXML, Web services based exchanges
www.nyc.fr/texspin
clothing manufacturer / retail
ASP
Trade Trade
Trade
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Web EDI Architecture
XML
WEB
Trade
Trade
Trade
Trade
EDIFACT
Private
ASP
Company
information system
A
P
P
L
I
C
A
T
I
O
N
Manufacturing Company
E
D
I
T
E
X Service
EDITEX/EANCOM
WEB Application
and Web Services
XML parser & conversion
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List of XML messages (downstream)
Product Catalogue The product catalogue (characterisation of the product) Clothing RetailPricelist The (price) list of products offered for sale Clothing RetailPurchase order The order placed TO the Clothing Manufacturer ClothingRetailDispatch advice The anticipation of the dispatch by the Supplier Clothing RetailInvoice The invoice Clothing RetailSales report Report of sales to the supplier ClothingRetail
and the EDITEX / Eancom MESSAGES (EDIFACT technologies)
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Downstream: the 7 advantages of TexSpin
• 1. Propose a customised offer to clients : by knowing sale position better, firms get a better traceability of the clients’ purchase profiles, which allows firms to give them appropriate pieces of advice
• 2. Update product offer quickly, at a low cost, through dedicated XML tools.
• 3. Improve commercial effectiveness through targetted commercial actions to the clients.
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• 4. Make the information integration easierthrough the management of XMLEDITEX messages.
• 5. Establish a secure dialogue
• 6. Enable clients to discover exclusive productsby making them test and react upon new models.
• 7. Facilitate clients’ order taking thanks to forms on-line by XML. Clients can also control their order position whenever they want.
Downstream: the 7 advantages of TexSpin/2
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4. Is TexSpin trustworthy?
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Industrial partnership
• Leader of TexSpin is Euratex (European T/C industry association); further national industry trading associations: SMI and ATI involved in Moda-ML
• Directly involved industries in pilots and TexSpin related activities:Chantelle (F), Fratelli Corneliani (I), Lanifici Piacenza, Loro Piana, Vitale Barberis Canonico, Successori Reda (I), other 45 industries in the Moda-ML focus group in Italy (it is open…) and many others in the EDITEX user group in France
• TexSpin2 in the future:• Improvements (new rings of the chain, intersectorial exchanges, public dictionary,
certification methods …)• Involvement of further solution suppliers in Italy, Spain, Germany, Romania
• Capacity of attraction:results released in June 2003,
• 110 Firms in three consortia in Biella and Prato adopt the results of TexSpin/Moda-ML upstream (as well as their technology suppliers: Domina, Multidata Group).
• In France (downstream): Simone Perele, Barbara, Triumph, Aubade, LDB, Rousseau• Link with EANnet.fr (downstream) (hub for company searching products)• Other initiatives and contacts are running (Como with TextileBusiness and TextileItaly,
MSO-Concept in Germany, others…)
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Technology and methodology
• Reference to ebXML initiatives and CEN/ISSS activities
• Close co-operation with EAN-UCC about interfaces/coding towards Retail organisations
• Public specifications available for Software Developers
• A Methodology has been developed to fastly support the development of new messages out of the common dictionary
• Many research initiatives will continue the activities towards:– Improvement of the supply chain coverage (raw materials, dyeing,..)– Support to extended enterprises paradigm and new organisational
concepts– Support to small communities– Cross – sectoral exchanges– Compliancy certification methods
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Some conclusion
• Integration of SMEs is a KEY factor for the T/C sector
• Proprietary formats hamper the B2B implementation and intercompany collaboration
• Common Standards are a mean to create a common European e-market
• An architecture has been established to offer a reference for the intercompany collaborations, it is simple but powerful and scalable
• Public specifications allow every actor of the T/C sector to implement its own compatible solution
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Thanks for your attention!
References:
•TEXSPIN (www.cenorm.be/isss, www.atc.gr/texspin)
•MODA-ML (www.moda-ml.org ) subscribe the newsletter!
•ETEXML (www.nyc.fr/texspin )
•CEN/ISSS Report on eBusiness standards for eEurope 2005 (http://www.cenorm.be/sh/eBiz)